Auto-Select Section

[dfridley]

BC2 had an option setting for "Next Difference" that allowed you to "Advance by Section" and optionally "Select by Section".

How do you enable this behavior with BC3?

[Aaron]

Hello,

Sections in BC3 refer to difference sections, a configurable number of lines/differences that are next to each other. The line under the arrow on the left shows what is currently considered a section.

If you launch a Text Compare, then go to Tools -> Customize Commands and search for Next Diff, you will find:
Next Difference
Next Difference Section
Next Difference Files.

Each can be configured to a particular hotkey and some may be placed in the toolbar. Select Section is also available as well.

Are these the commands that you are looking for?

[dfridley]

Ahhh... that's what I was looking for.

Thanks!
Duane.

[orx]

How does one enable automatic selection of difference sections when advancing by section (as opposed to advancing to the next section, then having to explicitly select it)?

[orx]

Actually, automatically selecting the section might be unnecessary. I just noticed that there are, in addition to the "copy" commands, "copy line" commands. The "copy" commands copy entire difference sections even though they aren't selected.